View full sizeJohn Sleezer, Kansas City StarCasey Kotchman (left) and Travis Hafner welcome Shelley Duncan across home plate after Duncan's three-run homer in the third inning of Sunday's game against the Royals. Later in the Indians' 13-7 victory, both Hafner and Kotchman homered as well.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It started with a Tweet calling for a sweep. It gained momentum with two long homers and concluded with a center fielder pitching for the home team at Kauffman Stadium.

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, it's the Indians' first sweep of the season. The suddenly offensive-oriented Indians beat the Royals, 13-7, Sunday to finish a three-game series that they dominated from first pitch to last.

They came out ahead in everything but the ejection column. In Saturday night's 11-9 victory in 10 innings, they lost starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta because of a hot-tempered third inning that saw Shin-Soo Choo and Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas get hit by pitches.

The flaring tempers prompted closer Chris Perez to send out this Tweet after the game: "Huge team win tonight, time for a sweep of the Royals. It's not 'Our Time,' it's TribeTime. P.S. You hit us, we hit you. Period."

The Royals, a team loaded with young talent, has coined the slogan "Our Time" for this season. But after Sunday's game, Perez said he would not be predicting any more sweeps in his Tweets.

In the three-game series, the Indians outscored the Royals, 32-19. It's the most runs the Indians have scored in their first three road games of a season in club history.

Sunday's game changed with one swing of Shelley Duncan's bat. The Indians trailed, 3-0, in the third. There were two out and Ubaldo Jimenez (1-0, 4.50) had no idea where the ball was going. Then Michael Brantley beat out an infield single. Asdrubal Cabrera followed with another single to push Brantley to third. Choo, booed as loudly Sunday as he was Saturday for being the perceived instigator, split the gap in right center with a two-run double.

Luis Mendoza (0-2, 5.59) intentionally walked Hafner to face Duncan, who sent a high foul ball near the photographer's pit behind first base. Eric Hosmer dropped it for a costly error. Duncan, given a second chance, hit a 1-1 pitch 418 feet into the left-field seats for a 5-3 lead.

The Indians added one more run on Jack Hannahan's RBI single for a 6-3 lead.

"The two-out rally was huge," said Duncan. "There are few times when a pitcher is vulnerable. One is in the first inning, one is in the fifth inning when the decision is on the line and one is when he gets two quick outs in an inning.

"They let up a little bit and if that hitter who comes up puts together a good at-bat and does something, he can put that pitcher on his heels."

In the fifth, Hafner opened with a 456-foot homer that landed in a sports bar named Rivals located beyond the right-field bleachers. It was reported by an unknown source that the ball bounced up to the bartender and ordered a round for the house.

"I'm still waiting for my drink," said Hafner with a laugh. "That's about as good as I can hit a ball."

It was Hafner's second homer of the season and each has been a monster shot to right. If this keeps up, they'll have to reopen Pronkville at Progressive Field.

"Wow! He's hit two balls already that I guess the people in Cleveland were used to seeing before he hurt his shoulder," said Acta. "I've seen a lot of games here and I've never seen a ball hit that far."

The Indians lived by the big inning in the series. They scored seven runs in the first on Friday. They scored five in the third on Saturday and six in the third on Sunday. The Indians opened at home and went 1-4 in the April cold, while scoring 20 runs. Temperature for all three games against the Royals was between 70 and 72 degrees.

"This was good hitting weather," said Duncan. "It was warm and the wind was blowing out."

After Hafner's leadoff homer, the Indians added three more fifth-inning runs for 10-4 lead. In the eighth, Casey Kotchman and Jason Kipnis became the first Indians to hitconsecutive homers this season. Kotchman hit a two-run shot and Kipnis followed with a drive to center to make it 13-5.

Jimenez did a five-and-fly for the victory. Even with the big six-run third, he was not a joy to watch. It took 112 pitches to go five innings.

"I finally found a groove with my fastball in the last two innings," said Jimenez.

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